A cikin 1954 Manfred Steinfeld da abokin tarayya sun sayi wani kamfani na kayan daki, Shelby Williams, a Chicago. Kamfanin ya yi hidimar otal da masana'antar abinci. A shekara ta 1965 kamfanin ya fito fili. Daga baya RCA ta siya kuma a cikin 1976 Mista Steinfeld ya sake siyan kamfanin. A cikin 1983, ya sake ɗaukar Shelby Williams jama'a ya zama ɗaya daga cikin ƴan kamfanoni don tafiya daga masu zaman kansu zuwa na jama'a zuwa masu zaman kansu sannan kuma na jama'a.

Manfred Steinfeld, mai shekaru 95, wanda ya kafa Shelby Williams Industries, mai ba da agajin Yahudawa da majagaba na masana'antar Kwangila, ya mutu a ranar 30 ga Yuni, 2019 a Florida.

An haife shi a ranar 29 ga Afrilu, 1924 a Josbach, Jamus. Godiya ga kungiyar agaji ta Ibraniyawa ta Chicago, Mista Steinfeld ya tsere daga zaluncin Nazi kuma ya isa Chicago yana dan shekara 14 don ya zauna da wata inna. Bayan ya kammala makarantar sakandare ta Hyde Park, ya shiga aikin soja.

Mista Steinfeld ya halarci makarantar leken asiri ta soja inda ilimin Jamusanci ya ba shi damar zama masani kan sojojin Jamus. Ya kasance tare da 82^nd Airborne Division kuma ya bambanta kansa a matsayin ma'aikacin paratrooper yana karɓar lambobin yabo na Purple Heart da Bronze Star. Ya kuma shiga cikin fassarar daftarin mika wuya ba tare da wani sharadi ba cikin Jamusanci lokacin da 21^st Kungiyar sojojin Jamus ta mika wuya ga 82^nd Airborne ranar Mayu 2, 1945.

Bayan yaƙin, ya ji cewa mahaifiyarsa da ’yar’uwarsa da suka rage a Jamus sun mutu a shekara ta 1945 a sansanin fursuna. Kanensa, Naftali, wanda aka aika zuwa Palastinu, ya mutu yana fafutukar kafa kasar Yahudawa.

Mista Steinfeld ya sauke karatu daga Jami'ar Roosevelt a 1948 tare da digiri na kasuwanci. Sannan a cikin 1954 Mista Steinfeld da abokin tarayya sun sayi wani kamfani na kayan daki a Chicago kuma suka sake masa suna Shelby Williams Industries. Kamfanin ya gina sunansa akan samar da kayan daki waɗanda suka cika takamaiman buƙatu da jadawalin masu zanen kaya masu hidimar otal da masana'antar abinci.

Yayin da tallace-tallace ke ƙaruwa akai-akai, a cikin 1962 Mista Steinfeld ya faɗaɗa masana'anta a Morristown, TN. Bayan shekaru uku kamfanin ya fito fili. Daga baya RCA ta siya kuma a cikin 1976 Mista Steinfeld ya sake siyan kamfanin. A cikin 1983, ya sake ɗaukar Shelby Williams jama'a ya zama ɗaya daga cikin ƴan kamfanoni don tafiya daga masu zaman kansu zuwa na jama'a zuwa masu zaman kansu sannan kuma na jama'a.

Shelby Williams an yaba da haɓaka kujera ta farko ta tubular da ta zama ma'auni a wuraren liyafa da wuraren taruwar jama'a a duniya. Kamfanin ya haɓaka ta hanyar siye da siye waɗanda suka haɗa da Thonet Industries, kamfanin Austrian wanda Michael Thonet ya kafa, mai haɓaka tsarin kayan daki na bentwood. Sayen ya haɗa da guda 40 na tsohuwar Thonet. Mr. Steinfeld ya ƙara ƙarin guda, yana gina ɗaya daga cikin mafi girman tarin kayan kayan Thonet na asali.

Mista Steinfeld shi ne ya kafa kungiyar masu sana'ar Kwangila wadda ta aza harsashin masana'antar Kayayyakin Kwangila. Bayan 'yan shekaru a cikin 1968 tare da tallafi daga Merchandise Mart, ya taimaka wajen shirya wasan kwaikwayo na farko na masana'antu. Nunin daga baya ya zama NEOCON®, Baje-kolin Kayan Kwangila na Kasa da kuma mafi girman nuni ga abubuwan kasuwanci a Arewacin Amurka.

A cikin 1999 lokacin da Mista Steinfeld ya sayar da Shelby Williams, ya ba da rahoton cewa, kamfanin yana samun riba a duk tsawon shekaru 46 na kasuwanci, ya kai dala miliyan 165 na tallace-tallace da kasuwanci a kasashe 87.

An karrama Mista Steinfeld saboda jagoranci, basirar kasuwanci da karimci. Daga cikin karramawarsa akwai: Horatio Alger Award for Distinguished Americans a 1981; Kyautar Dan Adam na Kwamitin Yahudawa na shekara a 1986; Holocaust Foundation na Illinois 8^th Kyautar Jin kai na Shekara-shekara a 1993; Kyautar Nasarar Rayuwa, wanda ake kira "The Manny," daga Mujallar Zane Mai Baƙi a shekarar 1999; da Julius Rosenwald Memorial Award daga Tarayyar Yahudawa ta Chicago a 2000. A cikin 2014 Steinfelds sun sami lambar yabo ta Shugabanci ta ƙasa daga Gidan Tarihi na Holocaust na Amurka.

Tare da matarsa Fern, yawancin cibiyoyin ilimi, al'adu, addini, hidimar jama'a da kuma likitanci sun amfana daga karimcinsu. Ya -

An ba da kuɗi don fiye da guraben karatu na 500 ga ɗaliban da ke halartar Jami'ar Tennessee, Knoxville, TN;
An bayar da 20^th Karni na biyu na makarantar Archi na Amurka a Cibiyar Tabilar Bicago da kuma tallafawa nunin kayan aikin Bentwood a cikin tarin kayan aikin da ke tattarawa a cikin tarin.
An Kafa Gidan Gallery na Biyar a Gidan Mawaƙa, Chicago;
An kafa Shugaban Farfesa a Cibiyar Kimiyya ta Weitzman, Rehovot, Isra'ila;
Wanda ya kafa tare da matarsa na Amurka Holocaust Museum, Washington DC;
An kafa kuma ya ba da Makarantar Manfred Steinfeld na Gudanar da Baƙi a Jami'ar Roosevelt na Chicago;
Ya kafa Danny Cunniff Leukemia Research Laboratory a Asibitin Hadassah, Jerusalem, Isra'ila don tunawa da jikansa.

An rubuta tarihin rayuwar Mr. Steinfeld da na sirri da na ƙwararru a cikin bugawa, talabijin da bidiyo. A cikin 1992, Cibiyar Fasaha a Chicago ta buga wani littafi mai suna Against Grain: Bentwood Furniture daga Tarin Fern da Manfred Steinfeld. Bayan shekaru da yawa, Gadon Salo An buga tarihin Shelby Williams Industries. An nuna shi a cikin wani shiri na CNN akan shugabannin kasuwanci masu nasara; wasan kwaikwayon TV na PBS, "Bayanan Bayanan Nasara;" da shirin Discovery Channel, "Karshen Mafarki" akan 'yantar da sansanonin tattarawa bayan yakin duniya na biyu. Takardun shirin na 2000 "Wanda aka azabtar & Victor," tarihin bidiyo ne na Mista Steinfeld. Littafin, Rayuwa Cikakkun Tafiya na Manfred Steinfeld, wanda aka buga a cikin 2013, ya ba da labarin tarihin rayuwarsa mai ban mamaki. Kwanan nan an nuna shi a cikin littafin 'Ya'ya da Sojoji na Bruce Henderson game da Yahudawan da suka tsere wa Nazis suka yi yaƙi da Sojojin Amurka da Hitler.